Utopian Ruins

Jie Li traces the creation, preservation, and elision of memories about China's Mao era by envisioning a virtual museum that reckons with both its utopian yearnings and cataclysmic reverberations.

In ruinele utopice, Jie Li urmareste crearea, conservarea si elisiunea amintirilor despre epoca Mao a Chinei, imaginand un muzeu virtual care conteaza atat dorintele sale utopice, cat si reverberatiile sale cataclismice. Li propune un cadru critic pentru intelegerea documentarii si transmiterii trecutului socialist care mediaza intre nostalgie si trauma, anticipare si retrospectie, propaganda si marturie.